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tmux: sharing current window title (#T) from within nested tmux sessions

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Mar 15, 20263241 views
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I have begun using tmux recently to really improve my terminal sessions. One thing I need to be able to do is connect to a remote server, which is also running tmux. However, I have found that the current window title (denoted as #T in tmux) is not updated while within a secondary tmux shell. I wou…

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Fix for: tmux: sharing current window title (#T) from within nested tmux sessions

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I did some digging and found the answer for myself. Well, the way I have found to accomplish my gaol is not elegant, but it will work to get the job done. First, you need to have the "set-titles" option turned on in your .tmux.conf file. As well as …

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